About
The idea behind AndroidGuys came about on November 5th, 2007. This was the day when Google made their long anticipated announcements regarding the Open Handset Alliance and Android. Immediately after these press releases, we began to scour the web for anything and everything associated to these two subjects. While there are many excellent sites offering tech reviews and previews, there was not one standout site where one could visit and get dedicated Android news. Finding one or two articles on each of our favorite gadget sites, we realized early on that we were going to have to create the site ourselves. Starting out as a community blog, we quickly evolved into your first and last stop for Android news.
We started out as two guys who have a love for smart phones, gadgets, and technology in general. Although we respect and admire practically all things Google, we are not unapologetic supporters. In fact, we encourage our readers to share their opinions and give us insight into the very products and services we talk about. We share the latest news, rumors, and opinions between ourselves and invite the tech community to take part. AndroidGuys will occasionally ‘break’ news, but mostly we compile what we find on other sites and give credit where it’s due. Our long term goal is to review the hardware and software ourselves when it becomes available. If you have a tip or something you’d like to share, by all means, tell us about it.
Scott Webster - Editor/Author - scott (at) androidguys.com
Scott comes from a primarily retail-based background with most of the last decade spent with Gateway Computers and T-Mobile USA. He’s a tech savvy gadget lover with more desire than money. When not working with AndroidGuys, he can be found working in direct marketing as a consultant. He can be usually be found pouring over his RSS feeds trying to stay one step ahead of his friends and associates. Webster also wears a father and daddy hat as he’s been married for about 2 1/2 years. While he marks time waiting for Android, Scott rocks out with his T-Mobile MDA with a bunch of software from SPB Software House.
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Jamie Hunter - Editor/Author - jamie (at)androidguys.com
With a background in retail and customer service Jamie has always shared a love for electronic gadgets of varying shapes and sizes, so his gravitation to the cell phone industry was quite natural. His current job with a major wireless provider puts him in the face of customers on a daily basis, giving him a different perspective of the changes in the industry. He tends to switch devices every 6 to 7 months, still searching for that illusive perfect “all in one” device. He is currently carrying an HTC T-Mobile Wing and a Samsung t519. Jamie has 3 children (2 girls and 1 boy) that range in age from 3 to 7 years. He shares his parenting duties with his wife of 11 years, Shannon. In his spare time Jamie enjoys searching the web for his next phone and dabbling in his photography studio.
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Jordan Anderson - Contributing writer - jordan (at) androidguys.com
Jordan works as business intelligence and data warehouse developer for a large financial company. While his day job requires him to use evil, proprietary software, on the evenings and weekends he is a Linux and Open Source devotee, who’s still waiting around for his dream of a completely free-and-open, powerful, pocket-sized computing platform to come into being. He’s an internet addict who works tirelessly to indoctrinate his wife and two young daughters in his debased way of life. He uses an HTC S621, which he loves, even though the OS it runs is the work of the devil.
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Vamien McKalin - Contributing writer - vamien (at) androidguys.com
Vamien is a 22yr old student who is currently studying English and Mathematics, and hopes to try his hands in Java. While he is not studying he can be found on the internet browsing through tech and video game sites to enhance his knowledge. And yes, his gaming skills are grand. His wait for the must have Linux Mobile OS is coming to an end in the form of Google Android which he is extremely excited about.
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Mark Murphy - Contributing writer - mark (at) androidguys.com
Mark is the founder of CommonsWare and the author of The Busy Coder’s Guide to Android Development. He’s been developing for the mobile Internet off and on since 1996, when AT&T and Unwired Planet created phones supporting the Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML). Even worse, he fondly remembers the days before cell phones, when PCs had 16KB of RAM and BASIC in ROM, and so on. In his spare time, he ponders the application of the Internet to government and politics, all while yelling at whippersnappers to get off his lawn.
